Public Health Threats & Emergencies Act
Executive Summary
Sens. Frist (R-Tenn.) and Kennedy (D-Mass.) introduce legislation (S 2731) June 14 addressing issues of public health, antimicrobial resistance and bioterrorism. Among the bill's provisions is the establishment of an Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force with representatives of federal agencies, public health groups, drug manufacturers and medical societies to advise HHS on combating antimicrobial resistance. The bill also directs NIH to support R&D for drugs to combat resistant pathogens and sequencing of the genomes of priority pathogens